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  1. "You've got the wrong Mary" ... A Vent About Rude Doctors

    mindlor replied to annie.rn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The docs know I am a wrong choice for picking on......I will usually bite my tongue and then wait till the day that its just them and I in the elevator.....at that private moment I set them straight...

  2. I didn't accept the keys.....

    mindlor replied to BerryHappy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    hmmm indeed, now that I think on it I believe you are correct roser!!

  3. Does nursing school teach you how to react to a dead/dying patient?

    mindlor replied to RainbowHead's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Usually when a pt dies, and I have a lot of them I am happy!!! HAPPY HAPPY because typically they were suffering big time. I am thrilled that they are free now and no longer shackled to a negative...

  4. I didn't accept the keys.....

    mindlor replied to BerryHappy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hmmmm I am not sure you handled it right.......hopefully they wont get ya for abandonment.....that left the day shift nurse alone....and really really put them in a horrible spot.... I do understand...

  5. Nurse Manager Is A Bully

    mindlor replied to Cardiolyte's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My boss does not like me. I am not sure why. What I have been doing is to keep smiling, pickup shifts when she needs me, and whenever I catch a coworker doing good make a beeline to her office to...

  6. It is time for a change folks....

    mindlor replied to mindlor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One example is that my boss wants every pt bed alarmed. Well if I have an alert and oriented 50 y/o college professor as a pt that is 100 percent participatory with our fall management program, there...

  7. It is time for a change folks....

    mindlor replied to mindlor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It is not that they are corrupted or not nice people. They just feel that basically patients surrender their rights upon admission and that the patient should do exactly as they say. This is not...

  8. Should I resign, or be suspended?

    mindlor replied to mahroya's topic in Nursing Career

    you blondy could not be more spot

  9. RNs, I got a question about pain meds

    mindlor replied to tarotale's topic in New York Nursing

    I have pain med seekers of all ages, gender and cultures.... However, the largest group so far are middle aged white females age 40-70 They are poor and they are rich, so socioeconomics sees to have...

  10. Should I resign, or be suspended?

    mindlor replied to mahroya's topic in Nursing Career

    It never fails to amaze me, the depth of stupidity that management shows on a daily basis. They have a lot invested in you. You want to stay with the same corp, just a different location. I would...

  11. forced to come in on days off?

    mindlor replied to nursebag's topic in General Nursing

    I answer the phone when I want to. I told all my bosses that if I don't, that is an implied no thank you. one place just today asked me if I wanted to be taken off the call list ( I am prn). I told...

  12. forced to come in on days off?

    mindlor replied to nursebag's topic in General Nursing

    attempting to force someone to do anything is akin to slavery..last I checked that was

  13. Expecting better results with less staff and high ratios

    mindlor replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ok so my thoughts on the issue. its not always about how many physical patients. It really should be more about pt acuity. I have had 8 and have had a great day then the next day have 5 and it was...

  14. Annoying female coworker conversations

    mindlor replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Men in Nursing

    I have always loved women for may reasons. Working now as a nurse and being surrounded by them all the time has only made me love them more. There are the occasional ones that are just impossible...

  15. My boss is a genius

    mindlor posted a topic in General Nursing

    Yep she sure is. Been giving us 9 patients. So now, when we get 6 or 7 we do cartwheels and tell her how wonderful she

  16. Annoying female coworker conversations

    mindlor replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Men in Nursing

    recently I was subjected to listen to a conversation about merkins...(look it

  17. My boss is a genius

    mindlor replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know who decides what. All I know is that if they keep it up they will be staffed 100 percent by travelers and

  18. Continuous Bladder irrigation

    mindlor posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ever done it? Its cool yes? So I have one going. Boss comes by and says its going too fast. I say...well how fast should it be going. She walks off and comes back with the printed very very...

  19. Continuous Bladder irrigation

    mindlor replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    I know what the MD would say......"the probably meant 500

  20. When patients request NOT to have you as their nurse...

    mindlor replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would look up to Heaven and whisper a quiet "Thank you

  21. Abuse Culture in Nursing...How Far Does it Go?

    mindlor replied to HoneyBeGood's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ruby? Do you work the floor? Are you management? Just

  22. Abuse Culture in Nursing...How Far Does it Go?

    mindlor replied to HoneyBeGood's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, wow.... Interesting posts.... I believe in the tenet... I wonder how many of read the ANA Code of Ethics It states that a nurses prime directive is that of patient advocate. We are to advocate...

  23. Does nursing really suck that badly?

    mindlor replied to Irish_Mist's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I was once very active here at all nurses and now I am not. I do check in from time to time and I think I will chime in here. There is no substitute for wisdom and among the most wise is Ruby Vee. I...

  24. Charting things done by others...

    mindlor posted a topic in General Nursing

    On my floor we chart what WE do. We would never blindly chart anything. I floated to a new floor and the informed me that I would be charting ADLs and IO's based on flow sheets handed to me by the...

  25. Charting things done by others...

    mindlor replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    No excuse especially when the aids are missing for half the day and sitting in front of the computer shoe shopping for the other